05/08/17

Good Evening, The market seemed not to be overly excited about the moderate pro EU candidate Macron winning the French election over the weekend. The truth be known, the victory was probably already priced in with the polls accurately predicting it. Nevertheless, I would have thought that the market might have bumped a little higher based on the fact that the polls were wrong in both the US election and brexit votes. Some times this market beast is just hard to figure out….. The major indexes all finished the day close to even. There was a lot of talk about the lack of volatility today. James DePorre better known as the RevShark noted in his blog that so far in May the high-low range of the S&P500 is 0.91%.  Previously the narrowest high-low range for May was 2.17%, more than twice the current level, which occurred in 1992. Yep, that was during the Dot Com bubble when Bill Clinton was President. That bull market went on for what?? Ten Years???

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment fell -0.75% which was not surprising considering it’s recent run. For comparison, the Dow added +0.03%, the Nasdaq +0.03%, and the S&P 500 was flat at +0.00%.

 

Stocks Tread Water as Volatility Reaches Lowest Level in 24 Years

 

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/I. Our allotment is now +7.39% on the year. Here are the latest posted results:

05/08/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.3137 17.7005 33.3067 43.174 27.6403
$ Change 0.0029 -0.0151 0.0042 -0.2055 -0.1579
% Change day +0.02% -0.09% +0.01% -0.47% -0.57%
% Change week +0.02% -0.09% +0.01% -0.47% -0.57%
% Change month +0.05% -0.30% +0.67% -0.44% +1.99%
% Change year +0.83% +1.45% +7.88% +5.31% +12.35%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 18.8598 25.4739 28.3984 30.5855 17.5431
$ Change -0.0071 -0.0225 -0.0423 -0.0551 -0.0365
% Change day -0.04% -0.09% -0.15% -0.18% -0.21%
% Change week -0.04% -0.09% -0.15% -0.18% -0.21%
% Change month +0.20% +0.37% +0.55% +0.64% +0.72%
% Change year +2.44% +4.07% +5.82% +6.68% +7.46%

 

Now lets take a look at the charts. All signals are annotated with green circles. If you click on the charts they will become larger.

 

C Fund:

 

S Fund:

 

I Fund:

 

F Fund:

 

Today had the feel of consolidation. We’ll see. Have a nice evening and may God continue to bless your trades.

God bless, Scott 8-)
 
 ***Just a reminder that you can review the performance of our allocation at the Web Site TSPTALK.com in the autotracker section under the screen name KyFan1.
 
 
I produce and publish this blog as both a ministry and for the benefit of any Federal Government Employee. This is done to offer you some guidance as to how to approach your retirement more financially successful. When it is time for you to retire, I recommend you utilize the services of a Professional Money Manager, who works with a reputable investment firm. He understands the guidance you have already received and he can manage your savings assets utilizing a more advanced investment program into the future. 
 
If you would like to receive more information about this introduction, please feel free to contact me at  KyFan1@aol.com. 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Written By

Scott Grimes

  • 10/06/25

    Good Afternoon, I am certainly praying for all of you effected by the ongoing government shutdown. I have been there done that and it was no fun. So far the market has shook the shutdown off as it obviously thinks that it won’t last long. My thought is that the market won’t give the shutdown…

  • 09/29/25

    Good Morning, Well this months almost over and so far the major indices are still holding modest gains in the +1.5% range. If we can manage to hold onto or add to those gains we will have achieved what a lot of folks said we could not do. We will have made a profit when…

  • 09/22/25

    Good Morning, Well we got the Fed meeting that we wanted with a quarter point interest rate decrease with the indication that the Fed is planning on two more rate cuts in 2025. As a result, we find ourselves in the odd position of holding a profit in late September. I said in last weeks…